Le Mariage à la ville l'accouchement, G.75(2), Abraham Bosse, En 1633

Author(s): bosse, abraham (tours, between 1602 and 1604 - paris, between 14–02–1676 and 16–2–1676), engraver bosse, abraham (tours, between 1602 and 1604 - paris, between 14–02–1676 and 16–2–1676), designer le blond, jean 1er (in 1666), editor date of production: in 1633 dating in century: 2nd quarter of the 17th century type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print name(s): print materials and techniques: etching dimensions - artwork: height: 26. 1cm width: 33. 3cm description: plate 3 from a series of six entitled “le mariage à la ville”. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: letter - bottom and right of the image: "le blond excud avec privilege"; in a cartridge, under the image: "alas! i can't take it anymore:! the evil that possesses me / weakens all my senses; / my body goes away dying and there is no remedy / for the pains i feel. / the accovchee // madam, have patience, / without shouting in this way; / it's done, in my conscience, / you are giving birth to a beautiful boy. / the midwife // this new one relieves me, / here is all my grief erased, / please, my heart, have good courage, / your illness is now over. / the mary. // in this painful effort, to which no other torment is comparable, / deliver her lord, and be of help / to her childbirth. Stamp - on the front, bottom right, in black ink: "ville / de / paris" (cf. Lugt suppl. 2012c). Stamp - on the front, lower left, in black ink: "carnavalet" (lugt 432d). Inventory number - on the front, bottom right, in black ink: "r. G:75" iconographic description: moment in the life of a young woman. Interior scene. Childbirth. In a room heated by a large wood fire, under the protection of christ and the virgin whose images decorate the walls, a woman wrapped in a sheet and lying on a mattress placed on a folding bed gives birth in the presence of her husband, with the help of friends and servants who hold her hands. The midwife holds the head of the child who is born. Frame composed of rosettes and flowers, oak leaves at the corners. 17th century fashion. 17th century furniture. Themes / subjects / places represented: genre scene acquisition mode: unknown acquisition mode institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: g. 75 part of: wedding in the city. Date: En 1633.